Term Sheet — Tuesday, March 31

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No column this morning (but tons of news), as I spent all of yesterday at Fortune HQ in New York for various meetings (yes, it was just as scintillating as it sounds). Apologies.

In the meantime, however, we’re about to begin sending Term Sheet via a new system with the goal of improving delivery times. Please take a quick moment to add dan_primack@newsletters.fortune.com to your email address book (particularly Gmail users, so that Term Sheet doesn’t end up in one of those unloved tabs). Much thanks, and back to our regularly-scheduled ramblings tomorrow…

THE BIG DEAL

• Charter Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR) has agreed to acquire Bright House Networks, an East Syracuse, N.Y.-based cable operator, for approximately $10.4 billion in cash and stock ($2b/$8.4b) from Advance Publications. Read more.

VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS

• Tanium, a San Francisco-based systems and security management company, has raised $52 million in new VC funding from Andreessen Horowitz. This follows up a $90 million investment in the company from Andreessen Horowitz last summer – the company’s first round of VC funding since being launched in 2007 – at a reported valuation of $900 million. Read more.

• Sprinklr, a New York-based marketing startup, has raised $46 million in Series E funding from existing investors Intel Capital, Battery Ventures and Iconiq Capital. The round, which brings Sprinklr’s total funding to $123.5 million, values the 700-person company at $1.17 billion. Read more.

•Augure, a French provider of influence engagement software, has raised $16 million in new funding. Seventure Partners and Bpifrance were joined by return backers Serena Capital, Ventech,OTC Agregator, and Amundi. www.augure.com

• GlassesUSA, an online retailer specializing in prescription eyewear, has raised $12.5 million in new funding led by Viola Private Equity. www.glassesusa.com

• Advanced Practice Strategies Inc., a Boston-based e-learning and talent management platform for clinicians, has raised $12 million in Series C funding. River Cities Capital Funds led the round, and was joined by return backer Ascension Ventures. www.aps-web.com

• SmartNews, a Japanese social news aggregation app, has raised $10 million in new VC funding at a $330 million post-money valuation. GREE led the round, and was joined by return backer Atomico, Globis Capital Partners, Mixi and Social Venture Partners. Read more.

• DroneDeploy, a San Francisco-based provider of cloud software for commercial drone operations, has raised $9 million in Series A funding. Emergence Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers SoftTech, DataCollective and Angelpad. www.dronedeploy.com

• ProsperWorks, a San Francisco-based provider of CRM solutions that are built in or around Google Apps, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. True Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers like Bloomberg Beta and Crunchfund. www.prosperworks.com

• Ready Pulse, a San Carlos, Calif.-based provider of social marketing software, has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Walden Venture Capital and Rally Ventures. www.readypulse.com

• GoFormz, a San Diego-based mobile-first productivity solution, has raised $3 million in Series A funding from Cloud Apps Capital Partners and Floodgate. www.goformz.com

• SenionLab AB, a Swedish provider of indoor positioning systems, has raised $1.8 million in new VC funding from SEB Venture Capital. www.senionlab.com

• NewSpring Capital has invested an undisclosed amount in USPack Logistics, a New York-based provider of same-day and next-day delivery services. www.gouspack.com

• Stone Point Capital has acquired Black Mountain Systems, a San Diego–based provider of data and process management software for asset managers and financial institutions. No financial terms were disclosed. www.blackmountainsystems.com

• Vector Capital has completed its $9 per share takeover of Saba, a Redwood Shores, Calif.–based provider of cloud-based talent management solutions. The deal gave Saba an enterprise value of approximately $400 million. www.saba.com

• YapStone, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based provider of web and mobile payment solutions, has secured $60 million in financing from Bregal Sagemount and Comerica Bank. www.yapstone.com

IPOs

• CoLucidPharmaceuticals Inc., a Durham, N.C.-based developer of oral and intravenous treatments for migraine and other headache pain, has filed for an $86.25 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol CLCD, with Piper Jaffray and Stifel serving as co-lead underwriters. The pre-revenue company has raised around $56 million in VC funding from firms like TVM Capital Life Science, Novo Ventures, Auriga Partners, Pappas Ventures, Domain Associates, Care Capital, Triathlon Medical Ventures and Pearl Street Ventures. www.colucid.com

• TankshipsInvestment Holdings Inc., a Marshall Islands-based provider of seaborne transportation of crude oil petroleum, has withdrawn registration for a $100 million IPO, due to “market conditions.” It had planned to trade on Nasdaq under ticker symbol TNKS, with DNB Markets serving as sole underwriter. The company is a subsidiary of DryShips (Nasdaq: DRYS). www.dryships.com

• TransUnion, a Chicago-based credit bureau, has filed for a $100 million IPO. Goldman Sachs is listed as left-lead underwriter (eight other banks also are listed). The company reports a $4.4 million net loss on $1.3 billion in revenue for 2014, compared to a $28.2 million net loss on $1.18 billion in revenue for 2013. Shareholders include Advent International (48.9% pre-IPO stake) and Goldman Sachs (48.9%). Read more.

OTHER DEALS

• The Blackstone Group has agreed to acquire three large hotels – the Ritz Carlton and J.W. Marriott in Orlando and the J.W. Marriott is Scottsdale, Ariz. – for more than $1.2 billion from Paulson & Co., according to the WSJ. Read more.

• Volkswagen AG said that it is in talks to sell European automobile fleet manager LeasePlan, which is jointly owned by Volkwagon and banker Friedrich von Metzler. Read more.

FIRMS & FUNDS

• The Blackstone Group has closed its latest real estate investment fund with $14.5 billion in capital commitments, according to the WSJ. Read more.

MOVING IN, UP, ON & OUT

• Rory Cullinan is leaving Royal Bank of Scotland, less than two months after he was named head of its corporate and institutional bank. Read more.

• Paul Fossati has joined Sycamore Partners as a managing director and director of capital markets. He previously was with Morgan Stanley as a managing director in the firm’s leveraged and acquisition finance group. www.sycamorepartners.com

• Erwin Mock has joined Thoma Bravo as director of capital markets. He previously was a managing director with UBS Investment Bank. www.thomabravo.com